Sunday 22 September 2024
Services of Worship 11.00 am and 6.00 pm
Minister : Rev Sandor Fazakas 01478 611868
Session Clerk : Mr Bill Marshall 01478 650405
“ Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
MORNING WORSHIP 11.00am
Greetings and Intimations
Address to Young People
Hymn MP 881 Lord, I lift your name on high
Reading Genesis 6 : 9 – 22 (Pew Bible Page 8)
Hymn CH 4 54 Lord, you have always been our home
Prayer
Offering
Prayer
Reading 2 Peter 3 : 1 – 10 (Pew Bible Page 1223)
Hymn MP 31 Amazing grace
Sermon
Lord’s Prayer
Hymn CH 611 O God, our help in ages past
Benediction
EVENING WORSHIP 6.00pm
Greetings and Intimations
Hymn CH 74 Show me thy ways, O Lord
Prayer
Reading Luke 16 : 19 – 31 (Pew Bible Page 1050)
Sermon
Lord’s Prayer
Hymn MP 494 O for a closer walk with God
Benediction
INTIMATIONS
Covid :
While Covid is still present in the community, the majority of our congregation are now fully vaccinated against the virus.
The wearing of these face coverings will now be a matter of personal choice.
After Morning Worship Fellowship :
After our Morning Worship today, Tea , Coffee, Juice, and biscuits will be served in the Church. Please stay behind for as long or short a time as you can manage and enjoy a time of fellowship with other members of the congregation and with visitors to our church.
Sunday Evening Services :
Evening services are held in the church each Sunday and commence at 6.00 pm.
Sunday School :
The group meets every Sunday during the school term. They meet initially in the Church before moving to the Church Hall.
If required, a crèche facility is available.
Ladies’ Bible Study Group :
The Ladies’ Bible Study Group meets in the Hall at 10.30 am each Tuesday. The group will be delighted to welcome any new ladies who would want to join them in fellowship and friendship.
Bible Study & Prayer Fellowship Services :
These services are held in the Church at 7.00 pm each Tuesday evening.
All are invited to attend.
Summer Opening of the Church to Visitors :
Over July and August, our church was open for visitors every weekday between 11am and 4pm. Over the course of 40 days we had some 4,448 visitors – an average of 111 per day. Our busiest day was 4th July with 221 visitors.
There was always member of the congregation on hand to welcome visitors, and answer any questions. We had prayer cards available on the pews, with paper copies to be taken away if required, along with a leaflet on the history of the parish church.
Visitors came from all corners of the world, with cruise ships, bus tours, local tours, individuals, friends and families – some came in just to look at the church but many stopped for a quiet time, giving the opportunity for sharing interesting conversations and times of prayer.
The Minister and Kirk Session are very grateful to the members of the congregation who gave of their time and energy for this activity which we had undertaken for many years prior to the pandemic, and we were delighted to be able to offer this facility once again.
Minister’s Annual Leave :
Sandor is at present taking part of his annual leave entitlement to travel with Susan to Hungary. He will return to the pulpit on Sunday 13 October.
During his absence, members of the congregation will lead worship on each of the Sundays and the Tuesday evening Prayer Fellowship & Bible Study Services.
Rev. Gary Wilson will stand in for Sandor where the services of a minister are required.
During Sandor’s absence other pastoral matters should be referred to the Session Clerk, Bill Marshall, who may be contacted on 01478 650 405.
Harvest Thanksgiving – Charitable Giving :
Kirk Session has agreed that the September retiring collection and any white envelopes received during September or on Sunday 06 October can be directed to a local charity. This year, the charity selected to be the recipient of any donations is The Foodbank.
Demand for food parcels from the Foodbank has increased recently while food donations have shown a decrease,
If you wish your white envelope to go to this charity please print CHARITY on the front. If you wish the donation to go to the church please print CHURCH.
The donations will be collected at both morning and evening worship services on Sunday 29 September and Sunday 06 October.
Cash donations will, as usual, be collected at the door at the end of each service on these two Sundays.
Compassion Sunday :
The recent initiative to sponsor children in some of the most deprived areas of the world produced wonderful comments and results.
We are especially encouraged by the response from the congregation in sponsoring 10 children from a range of countries: 6 from Burkina Faso in Africa including Eliassa, an 11 year old boy being sponsored by the Sunday School, and 4 others from Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala and Bangladesh. Donations received will be used initially to support Eliassa and his family, since there’s an opportunity to send birthday and Christmas gifts to children and their families.
If anyone else is interested in finding out more about sponsoring a child in Jesus’ name, please speak to Bill.
There are also leaflets at the church door. We’ll be giving updates from time to time about the children we’re sponsoring, as we learn more about them and the churches and communities to which they belong.
